Chapter 172: Chapter 172: Swollen Lips, Bitten by a Little Bug

“These few pieces of foundation stone gravel, you keep them for now. The Witch Hall of the Kana Sacred Mountain has living thousand-year ironwood. Next time I come by, I’ll bring you some,” Su Ye said, picking out the foundation stone gravel and setting them aside. Then she reached for a small stick of ten-thousand-year ironwood.

Muqin had put four finger-length sticks of ten-thousand-year ironwood into Chang Xia’s beast pouch.

Each one was small.

“I can help you shape these ironwood sticks. Think about what kind of shapes you need.”

In other people’s hands, ten-thousand-year ironwood was incredibly tough.

But in Su Ye’s hands, she could easily mold it into different shapes.

This was related to a witch’s power, not just strength.

“Thin and pointed, grooved, like a scraper…”

Chang Xia gestured as she spoke.

She wasn’t familiar with jade carving tools, so she simply described them like carpenter’s tools and let Su Ye help her make them. The jade ornaments she was preparing for the bird tribe were simple things like necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. As for more complicated things like jade pendants, she figured she’d wait and see if anyone in the tribe was skilled at that in the future…

She herself, honestly, wasn’t up for it.

In terms of hands-on skills, Chang Xia thought Chen Rong was much better than her. Instead of hoping she could carve exquisite jade ornaments, she felt Chen Rong would have a much better chance.

Soon, Su Ye had reshaped the four sticks of ten-thousand-year ironwood.

Chang Xia held the small, pitch-black sticks Su Ye handed her, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

The witch’s power was truly amazing!

She took one of the sticks and carefully scratched it against the snowflake stone.

It easily left marks on the stone, without much effort at all. Before she could keep testing, Chen Rong said, “Chang Xia, you should go wash up. Tomorrow you still have to go to the tribe’s training grounds. If you delay again, Elder Yami might get angry.”

He wasn’t just trying to scare her—training had to be consistent.

You couldn’t be half-hearted about it.

If she couldn’t even complete the basic training, how could Chen Rong dare to take her into the forest?

Hearing this, Chang Xia had no choice but to put down the stick.

She packed up her things and handed them to Chen Rong to put away in the room. She’d find time to practice when she was free.

Late at night, when everything was quiet,

Chang Xia lay tossing and turning on the heated brick bed, unable to sleep.

Clearly, something was on her mind.

“Chang Xia, if you don’t go to sleep… we might as well do something fun,” Chen Rong leaned in, lowering his voice, his warm breath brushing over the top of Chang Xia’s head.

It tickled, sending shivers down her spine.

Chang Xia froze, grinning foolishly.

Chen Rong still needed ten days or so to recover—how could they do anything “fun”?

“I’m going to sleep,” Chang Xia said dryly.

She was thinking about the little tool set in her beast pouch, considering whether to wear the pouch at her waist and carry it with her. Besides, ten-thousand-year ironwood was heavy—carrying it around could count as exercise.

So, Chang Xia secretly wondered,

Should she get up and take the beast pouch out of the wardrobe?

But just then, Chen Rong suddenly leaned in and said,

“Are you really asleep?” Chen Rong chuckled softly, his low, husky voice echoing in the room.

It was so sexy, Chang Xia felt like she was about to melt.

Damn—

Chen Rong’s face was already stunning enough.

Now he was deliberately lowering his voice—what was he trying to do?

Holding her breath, Chang Xia turned over and bit Chen Rong’s neck, growling, “Male, are you looking for trouble?”

Mmm!

Chen Rong stiffened slightly,

feeling Chang Xia’s breath so close.

The warm air on his neck nearly drove him crazy.

This…

This was exactly the kind of thing Chang Xia would do.

After all, she was bold enough to look for a mate at the Normandy market—Chang Xia was definitely not some meek, easy-to-bully female.

This fiery, peppery temper—Chen Rong really liked it.

“Scared yet?” Chang Xia bit him twice and asked.

Chen Rong hugged her tightly and whispered, “Terrified. Why don’t you bite me a few more times?”

“…,” Chang Xia was speechless.

She must have done something wrong—this damn male wasn’t afraid of her at all!

Before Chang Xia could react, Chen Rong pinned her down.

And gave her a good “lesson.”

The next morning,

Chang Xia got up to help Su Ye and Bai Qing pack their things.

Her lips were badly swollen, but she had no way to explain it, so she could only say she’d been bitten by a little bug.

Bai Qing looked confused, while Su Ye just smiled quietly.

Chili oil, chili sauce, chili powder, and fresh chilies—Chang Xia packed some of each for Su Ye and Bai Qing. She also gave them plenty of seaweed candy and reed root candy.

The seaweed candy had been delivered that morning by Muqin and the others.

The tribe had given some to the beast cubs, and the rest Muqin brought all to Chang Xia. The seaweed itself had been brought by the bear tribe for Chang Xia, so naturally the tribe wouldn’t take advantage.

The clansfolk had maple sugar and reed root candy—they weren’t short on sweets.

Chang Xia stored the seaweed candy in a clay jar and put it in the cellar for safekeeping.

With several hundred pounds of seaweed candy, it would last a long time.

Chang Xia joked that the cellar was getting so full of sweets, it was about to turn into a candy store.

Luckily, there was still plenty of python meat at the bottom, plus fruit powder and other odds and ends. The cellar, once empty, was now quite well stocked.

“Chang Xia, what happened to your lips?” Nan Feng frowned in surprise.

Chang Xia shot a glare at Chen Rong out of the corner of her eye and smiled, “Oh! I got bitten by a little bug. Come help me out.”

Just like last time, Su Ye didn’t plan to eat breakfast this time either.

As soon as everything was packed, they’d set out.

“Bitten by a little bug—” Nuan Chun teased, circling around Chang Xia and Chen Rong. Worried Chang Xia would get embarrassed and angry, Nuan Chun didn’t dare say too much.

Even so—

Chang Xia’s face turned bright red with embarrassment.

She kept cursing Chen Rong in her heart.

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Damn that Chen Rong. If he hadn’t gone so far last night,

would I be the laughingstock today?!

“Maple Leaf left?” Chang Xia quickly changed the subject, not daring to let Nuanchun continue. Nan Feng didn’t understand, but Nuanchun probably did.

That’s the difference between being married and not.

“She left for the Moonwatch Mountains before dawn,” Nan Feng said.

So Maple Leaf had already left the tribe.

“So early!” Chang Xia exclaimed. “Besides Kongshan, who else went with her?”

“Elder Senda, plus Hesen and Luanmu. Five people in total,” Nan Feng replied.

Nuanchun was surprised. “With Maple Leaf and the others, why did Elder Senda go too?” Elders were important—could something serious have happened at the Sheyue Tribe?

Even when the Twilight Forest flooded before, the tribe only sent a few elders.

But this time,

Was the Moonwatch Mountain incident so serious that the tribe had to send an elder?

Nan Feng shook her head slightly, not explaining.

It was a decision made by the tribal council—how could Nan Feng know what they were thinking?

Soon, Suye and Baiqing set off for Mount Kana. But this time, the Heluo Tribe didn’t send anyone to escort them; instead, members of the Lion and Bear tribes would do it.

They’d escort Suye and Baiqing back to Mount Kana, then return to their own tribes from there. Both tribes had gained a lot from this trip, and even the news about wanderers in the Moonwatch Mountains didn’t dampen their good mood.

“Chang Xia, are you going to the tribe’s training today?” Nan Feng asked.

“I am,” Chang Xia replied. “I need to finish my basic training early so I can go hunting and foraging in the forest sooner.”

“If you’re going to train, I’ll go dig thatch roots in the wilds south of Lake Bai,” Nan Feng said after thinking a moment. There was plenty of python meat stored in the cave, so there was no rush to hunt.

“I’ll go too,” Nuanchun chimed in.

Chen Rong glanced at Shankun. “Shankun, Yadong, come with me to check the terrain and prepare to divert the water.”